Lighthouses More Useful Than Churches
Lighthouses More Useful than churches
 |
No items matching your keywords were found.
You think the US was founded as a Christian nation?
I get a lot of hate mail because of my quotes. Particularly the Gandhi quote. Tonight's was the proverbial straw. The email I got told me that I am un-American; I have served in the US military for over 20 years. And, that America was founded as a Christian nation. Well, here a few quotes from our "Founding Fathers".
Lighthouses Are More Useful Than churches. - Benjamin Franklin
This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it - John Adams
Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man - Thomas Jefferson
Now, go back to the original question: You think the US was founded as a Christian nation?
As always, be respectful
Joseph;
Semper Fi, Brother
Des;
That is true, however, how many times has some religious zealot told you that America is a Christian nation?
DJAY;
You need to go back and read your history again
Yoseph;
That is so ridiculous, I don't know where to start
Ellie;
Thank you
No - I know that it was not. The founding fathers specifically rejected the notion of the US being a Christian nation. George Washington himself said so in a number of letters and communications. The founders were aware that the United States was settled by people of many religions and they saw no reason to encourage or repress any of them.
The framers of the Constitution felt so strongly about the secular nature of the United States that the FIRST two clauses of the Bill of Rights specify that Congress cannot make any laws that establish a religion or give it official or quasi-official status, nor can it make laws that prohibit citizens from practicing their religion beliefs (including non-belief) freely. There is no evidence that they intended this to apply only to Christian sects or to protect Christians, nor is there any evidence that they simply assumed that most citizens would be Christian.
People who claim that the US was founded as a Christian nation are simply idiotic and ignorant.
I am really sorry that you've been subjected to that kind of brainless hatred from one of the many US lunatics who claim to love this country and haven't got the faintest notion what it stands for - and who would be only to happy to ditch democracy for a theocracy, as long as they ended up on top.
They're morons. Please try to ignore them.
 |
The God Delusion List Price: $27.00 Sale Price: $11.50  |
|
A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers... |
